Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Image 1 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 American Folklife Center Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection AFC 2004004 folder 020233 field work Bessie Jones 1961 transcripts interviews Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 2 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BESSIE JONES TAPE 19 This is a onesided tape at 3 34 IPS containing interview by Antoinette Lomax on October 23 1961 in New York City Dialogue only The only new material…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 1ST TIME GEORGE SEES SNOW JOBS ALONG EAST COAST BJ Tape 19 p 1 TL This is the first time you saw snow huh BJ Not me First time my husband saw…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 TAYLOR MIGRANT WORKERS BOSS BJ Tape 19 p 2 Cause there no snow An so this girl Lin ah Linda she had seed this cloud An she always talkin funny talk cause…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 MIGRANT FARM WORK BJ Tape 19 p 3 an messed all over the place Fin nothin but a mess She didn say it thataway ya know Ah All over the place Looked…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 6 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ Tape 19 p 4 gather gather whatsoever An beans an uh carrah carrots onions an everything Uhhuh TL How did you find out how to move on this stuff BJ My…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 5 All right By the time you git through here its send some some of the mens is already down there preparin em the the beans for the…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 6 us from the South to work An they give us ah see if they git on there they liable to pick out a half a row or…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 7 em ready for everything An they had about 50 or 60 workin right there Great big shady great big place Its big as this whole house here…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 8 you got to dump into a sack Ya see I didn understan that I pickedI reached down an caught that thing them green potatoes I said Then…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 9 potatas in no way shape nor form TL Did you stay a long time and pick potatoes or did you just quit right there BJ No I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p10 want to be bored You know to see see the country an see what it was like Thats all An bein among peoples Jes in me to do…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ Tap 19 p 11 see TL Yeah Didnt used to be that way though BJ Well it did but I mean if you keep You keep em away from there so…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 12 can stay on that side If you got children be on this side your husban be on this side an that side Make you git em all…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 13 An the next morning there be so many Then they orders I mean they ships ripes ripe tomatas from all up around in ah Virginia They come…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 14 BJ I worked I worked I worked in that factory I guess about close to 2 or 3 years TL After your husband died BJ Noo See…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 17 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 15 BJ I works house work in diffrunt places TL Did you do that ever since you moved there after the factory stuff BJ Umhum umhum Well not…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 18 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 16 BJ Well jus cut it with wit ya knife Ya got to have a real sharp knife An ya have to know how to keep it in…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 19 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 17 TL When you take your first cut do you take the vein out then BJ No you you take it thas when you all you the way…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 20 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 18 MACHI INTERRUPTION THEN MACHINE TURNED OFF THEN ON BEING A GRANDMOTHER BJ Well I dontYou gittin off the srimps on to the grandchildren TL Yes BJ I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 21 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 19 p 19 jist say he jist comin there as the lil man Hum An Baby George was the next one Umhum TL Do you think that having your own…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
About this Item
Title
- Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
Names
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Collector)
Created / Published
- 1961
Headings
- - Fieldwork
- - Transcripts
- - interviews
- - United States
Genre
- Transcripts
- interviews
Notes
- - Bessie Jones interview transcriptions (September and October, 1961, New York) - tape 19
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 02.02.33
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image